Lottery Ball Pit Picker
Bouncing balls — one gets drawn.
Watch a pit of numbered balls bounce around before one drops out as the winner. It brings a bit of lottery-style drama to picking a name or number, which makes it fun for giveaways, classroom draws, and game nights. The animation is just for atmosphere — the actual draw is fair and unbiased.
Set. Choose your number range or paste the entries you want in the pit.
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How it works
- Set. Choose your number range or paste the entries you want in the pit.
- Draw. Click "Draw a ball" and watch one ball drop out as the winner.
- Again. Draw again for the next winner whenever you're ready.
Frequently asked questions
How does the picker decide which ball drops?
We pick the winning index up front with the Web Crypto API (crypto.getRandomValues), then animate that ball out. The bounce is theatre; the math is fair.
Does it look the same with reduced motion?
No, and that's intentional. When your OS reports prefers-reduced-motion, the balls render statically and the winner simply appears without animation.
Is anything I enter sent online?
No. The draw happens entirely in your browser and nothing about your entries is uploaded to a server.
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Further reading
- Wheel of Names: how to make 'just spin it' actually fair
Wheel pickers feel like magic, but most of them are rigged in tiny ways their creators never thought about. Here's how a fair wheel is supposed to work, and why the spin itself is theatre.